US shutdown ends after 43 days

Dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the COP30 climate summit venue on Tuesday and clashed with security guards at the entrance to demand climate action and forest protection.

As if deadly snakes, spiders and sharks were not enough, Australia now has a new creepy critter: a “lucifer” bee with devil-like horns.

The United Nations said yesterday that 42 migrants were missing presumed dead after a rubber boat capsized off the Libyan coast last week.

Two UN food agencies warned yesterday that millions more people around the globe could face famine, with funding shortfalls worsening already dire conditions.

Cambodia and Thailand traded accusations of fresh clashes along their border yesterday, with Phnom Penh reporting one civilian shot dead in hostilities flaring after Bangkok paused implementation of a US-backed peace deal.

Residents in the Pakistani capital Islamabad were facing tightened security checks yesterday in the wake of a suicide bombing that left top officials vowing to halt the rise in deadly attacks.

Seven rescued so far

Pakistan's parliament approved a constitutional amendment on Wednesday to expand the powers of the country's army chief and curb the remit of its Supreme Court, in a move that critics say damages democracy..The lower house of parliament approved the legislation with a more than two-thirds

"Today, the Zikim crossing has been opened for the entry of humanitarian aid trucks into the Gaza Strip," COGAT said on X.

Libyan authorities rescued seven survivors who had drifted at sea for six days after the vessel, carrying 49 people, sank near the Al Buri oilfield.

Here is a look at what Trump would need to prove and how the BBC could defend itself.

Turkey has not said what caused the accident

Trump said later he expected the Republican-controlled House to approve the bill to fund the government through January

On Monday, the BBC apologised for giving the impression that Trump had directly urged "violent action" just before the assault on the US Capitol by his supporters in 2021 in a documentary that aired in October last year

Indigenous protesters demand access to COP30 climate summit

This year, Brazil was chosen to host COP30 on behalf of the Latin American and Caribbean states

Businesses and schools were shut in most southern areas of the island, with 51 people injured

The airstrike was a response to an "imminent" rebel attack on military targets, official says

Severe coastal erosion caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi exposed a centuries-old shipwreck in Vietnam, providing a narrow window to salvage what experts say could be a historically significant find.